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PlaceKuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
… is a Port City is situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It lies at the mouth of the Buffalo River along the Indian Ocean . The need for a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the snap debate on the Shell House incident National Assembly, Cape Town, 7 June 1995
… is rare that there should be such a passionate divergence of views on any matter. That the death of eight citizens outside Shell House on 28 March 1994…
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … illustrate the overall objectives and changing tactics of…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… Bordering the City of Polokwane in Limpopo, the Polokwane Game Reserve is possibly one of the finest on which to cut your teeth if you’re new to the pursuit…
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… With the inception of apartheid in 1948, numerous repressive laws limited the freedom and movement of black South Africans. External resistance to the policy…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg . The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. Sometimes thought to be named in honour of Queen…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… major corporations were among the most loyal supporters of Pretoria’s racist regime, to which they sold arms, nuclear and industrial technologies, in total…
PlaceAnnis River, near Kuboes in the Northern Cape
… between Ploegberg and the Oemsberg about 14 km South-East of Kuboes. The name is said to mean, 'the one which is well … used by travellers in former times…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… nobody can cross! It was erected in 1827 by the widow of Peter Woutersen. His granddaughter married, Jacobus … Wessels, whose son, Sir John Wessels, became…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen, in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar Province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… experiences that had never been accessible to the people of Durban. KwaMuhle is in no sense an apartheid museum. Nor … and confrontations that made up the…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… Dr Sizwe Mabizela The Chairperson and members of the Rhodes University Council Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Dr … And, not least, new graduates, and families and…
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
… After the State of Emergency in 1960, when so many of us were locked up for four or five months in detention, … a point where we would have to challenge the…
Imijondolo
… a shack or informal housing), is Omar Badsha's second book of photographs. Badsha's groundbreaking book documents how … despite being located just thirty…
Fatima Meer: Portfolio
… Multi-party Planning Conference: BEING FULLY CONSCIOUS of the responsibility we individually and collectively bear for the well-being of our country; BEING…
EventThe AA is formed to coordinate motoring clubs
… The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) was formed at a meeting in Port … motoring organisation to protect and promote the interests of motorists in…
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
… After the completion of World War One's Treaty of Versailles, German South West Africa was declared a mandate of the new international peace-keeping body,…
PlaceEbenezer, Limpopo
… Ebenezer was established in 1831 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society . The 1875 census indicated that the Village had a population of 291. It was…
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
… to 1982 I got to know him intimately and had the advantage of interacting with him on a daily basis. These were less … best and worst in ourselves to emerge…
PlaceConstantia
… The other picture of a Mansion, 'owned by Deputy Minister- Paul Mashatile , in … Reading .) The Former estate in the magisterial district of Wynberg , 24 km,…
EventFinal legal note on the SS Mendi
… A brief report appeared on the 13th of November in the Times, which was the last of the legal conclusions around the sinking of the SS Mendi troopship, from…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… On 30 January 1987 the Minister of Law and Order issued a message to the newspapers denying … television programme permission to quote exiled president of…
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… Carter Ebrahim, Minister of Education and Culture for the mixed race community, announced that 454 out of a total of over 900 schools were going to be closed…
PlaceBenin
… after colonialism was characterized by an early period of multiparty competition that proved unstable, and multiple … the traditional north/south…
EventMbeki unveils Women’s Monument at Union Buildings
… Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The aim of the monument was to commemorate the role of women in the struggle and marked the 44th anniversary of…
ArchiveAppendix 3 The Freedom Charter
… We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to … can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of all the people;…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
… Three years after his arrival at the Cape, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society, Dr John Philip, paid a … For this purpose he purchased 1 427…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… Master of Ceremonies; Premier of the Western Cape; Minister of Arts &Culture, Science &Technology; Chief of the SANDF; …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… Master of Ceremonies; Premier of the Western Cape; Minister of Arts &Culture, Science &Technology; Chief of the SANDF; …
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
… the following demands for a new agreement: 1. An increase of five per cent in the basic wage of all workers and, in addition, five per cent on the cost of…